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Lesotho

Lesotho

The Lesotho Mounted Police Service

The Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety.

Mandate:

Prevent, detect and investigate crime;

Maintain law and order;

Apprehend and prosecute offenders;

Protect people and property;

Provide emergency services.

Law enforcement services in Lesotho are divided into three geographic regions, with police in each region working under the command of an Assistant Commissioner who in turn answers to the National Commissioner of Police.

Some of the services provided by LMPS include:

ballistic examination;

child and gender protection;

commercial crime investigation;

criminal intelligence;

crime statistics and records;

firearms registration;

forensic science laboratory;

fugitive investigation;

detective services;

international police cooperation (INTERPOL);

legal affairs;

mounted escort;

narcotics and diamonds control;

stock theft detection;

special support;

special operations;

traffic control;

vehicle theft detection;

special investigations.

INTERPOL Maseru

Located at the Maseru Police headquarters, the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Lesotho operates under the command of an Assistant Commissioner of Police who delegates the day-to-day running of the NCB to a Commanding Officer.

KENYA/ZIMBABWE - An operation across Eastern and Southern Africa targeting transnational crimes including human, drug and arms trafficking, people smuggling, terrorism, car theft and environmental crime has resulted in nearly 4,500 arrests.To address the wide-ranging yet often interlinked types of crime across the region, some 1,500 officers were deployed...

MASERU, Lesotho - A police&nbsp;operation against counterfeit medical products in Lesotho which included both training and operational support by INTERPOL has led to the seizure of essential medicines which should be sold under medical prescription but which were found to be illegally repackaged and then sold on the streets.Operation Fiela, meaning ‘clean...

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MALOKALEHLOHONOLO
Age today: 10 years old
Nationality: South africa , Lesotho